This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. As a personal site, this is my online filing cabinet of interesting things I've come across about railroading in the area. Thanks for stopping by!
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Silicon On Celluloid
Courtesy of James Belmont. Doug Harrop photo.
May 22, 1975
Burlington Northern 6471 leads merchandise west past the Silicon Smelter at Rock Island, Washington. The plant opened in 1942 by Ohio Ferro Alloys and permanently closed in 2000.
2 comments:
Nice shot!
3 SD45's on the head end, and @3,600 HP a piece, lot's of power there!
Love them flairs!
Classic view of this spot, with the smoke from the silicon plant coming out.
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